For those of you who know my dad, you know he always has a project going in the garage. As a child I can remember him building a telescope, a steam engine, and rebuilding a player piano. He had so many projects it's hard to remember them all.Here is his latest, fresh out of the garage, (drum roll please)...a new airplane! He built this from a kit, I don't know what model it is but I do know it's the most beautiful orange and yellow color. I'm suprized he chose those colors as his old plane was a very demure white with green trim.
He still has a bit of work to do; adding struts, wingflaps and wiring the whole thing, plus I'm sure more that he didn't even mention. I looked inside and took a whiff - it didn't even smell like an airplane yet! No sick sack needed.
I'm very proud of my dad. Not too many people build an airplane in their lifetime.
3 comments:
the colors are classic cub colors
thats why he did them and he got the kit someplace here in wisconsin
I think red is a classic cub color. If orange and yellow were, you'd think I would have seen more orange ones out there. I'll bet 90% of cubs in AK are red. So, is it a cub?
its a J-3 I believe. It's just like a Piper super cub but it's lighter. (I think thats what dad had told me)
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